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2010 La Flèche Wallonne

2010 UCI World Ranking, race 11 of 26
Race details
Dates	21 April
Stages	1
Distance	198 km (123.0 mi)
Winning time	4h 29' 24"
Results
Winner  Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team)   Second  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha)   Third  Alberto Contador (ESP) (Astana)
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The 2010 La Flèche Wallonne cycling race took place on 21 April 2010. It was the 74th running of the La Flèche Wallonne between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium. It was won by the World Champion Cadel Evans.

Teams

There were 25 teams for the 2010 La Flèche Wallonne. They were:

• Acqua & Sapone
• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Androni Giocattoli
• Astana
• Bbox Bouygues Telecom
• BMC Racing Team
• Caisse d'Epargne
• Cervélo TestTeam
• Cofidis
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Française des Jeux
• Garmin–Transitions
• Lampre–Farnese Vini
• Landbouwkrediet
• Liquigas–Doimo
• Omega Pharma–Lotto
• Quick-Step
• Rabobank
• Team HTC–Columbia
• Team Katusha
• Team Milram
• Team RadioShack
• Team Saxo Bank
• Team Sky
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator

Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Cadel Evans (AUS)	BMC Racing Team	4h 29' 24"
2	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	Team Katusha	s.t.
3	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Astana	s.t.
4	Igor Antón (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+06"
5	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Lampre–Farnese Vini	+09"
6	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Lotto	+11"
7	Chris Horner (USA)	Team RadioShack	+11"
8	Andy Schleck (LUX) †	Team Saxo Bank	+11"
9	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) †	Garmin–Transitions	+11"
10	Michael Albasini (SUI) †	Team HTC–Columbia	+11"

†: Alejandro Valverde finished 8th, but his results during 2010 were expunged as part of the terms of his suspension for involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case,

References

1. Evans conquers the Mur de Huy
2. "The CAS imposes a two-year ban on Alejandro Valverde". CAS. 2009-05-31. Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

External links

• Official website

• 2010 in Belgian sport
• 2010 UCI World Ranking
• La Flèche Wallonne